Trouble with Medabots DS: Kawagata Ver.

My ROM always freezes right in the middle of your first battle, when you first get your Medabot. Here's the kicker, I already applied the anti-piracy patch from this thread: http://forum.romulation.net/index.php?topic=42157.msg791781#msg791781
So, what do I do? I have an AceKard 2 that's running the most recent AKAIO firmware (or at least the firmware that was released around the same time as WarioWare D.I.Y.) by the way.

Replying to #1

There is now AKAIO 1.7. Upgrade to that if you can use it. I'm not sure of the overall compatibility with AKAIO though for the Acekard 2.

Well I updated to 1.7, and it no longer freezes! Thanks, bro.